Improvement in seeder and fertilizer



4(all-d gioire @anni @line "Lene-rs parmi No. 90,953, automne-s, 1869;'

IMPROVEMENT m'snsnnn Nn rnn'rmrznn The- Schodule'xefen'ed to in'ltheseLetters Patent and making pnr't ofthinning --To whom-it concern:

i Beit known that I, JOHN J. Navi-Jon, of Brighton,4 in the county ofLivingston, and State of Michigan,

have invented zi-new and useful Improvementin Maunie and.Grain-SewingMachines; and I do declare that fthe following is a true andaociwatedescription thereof,

`reti-:rence being had to the-accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon, and' being a. par'iof thisspecification.

Figure 1 is plan view of my inventioihlooking the top.

Figure 2 is a. cross-section on the line :t as, fig. 1. ,i LikeIettersiindicate like parts in each figure.`4

The object of this invention slto coustructal sinipie,

.lheap, and eiective machine, ,folie purpose of sowing' phistcr,gnan,.bonedust, orany other powdered majnures, and grain..

In order-to accomplish this end, I construct proper traction-wheels A,rigidly attachedto the'axle B,

upon which is surmonnted the\frau1e 0, by means of proper boxes, whichallow the axle to rotate. Y

Upon this flame is secured the hopper D, Within which revolves thec'yiindeiuE, provided with spu'rs'F, for

the purpose of keeping the contents in motion and preventing the sainefrom packing and clogging up the mouth of the hopper. l This cylinder isrigidly attached to the shaft H, the .ends of which project through theends of the hopper, and nre provided with ,pulleys I, around which, andsuitable pulleys J on the axle, pass the belts-K, by

' -xneans of which the cylinder is rotated.

'The hopper is provided with a suitable opening, L,

'and gate M, through which the contents pass intothe -conductor N, whichleads from the hopper tothe distributiug-boxO. y

'.lhis box is attached to the rear of the frame U, and

',.sprovided with cylinder P, which is furnished with spurs Q, and isproperly jouralled intoI the ends of thcbox, which is also. providedwith a conveyer,'1t,

l whose periphery is provided with spiral .danges or threads, soarranged' as to convey lthe contents oftthe box, which arereeeived-through the `conductor N,

evenly totheends ofv said box, whence they'are`distril#F uted upon theground through apertures S, in the het toni of box 0'."

The -cylinder I land.oonveyerglt are.. both jcnrnallcd intothe ends ofthe.box`0, a'.nd yat one end are pro. vided with geared'wh'e'el'l, onthe end of the conveyer,

and pinion U, on the end of the cylinder J?, to whichl motion isgiven bythe-geared wheel V, which is rigidly` attached to shaft W, suspended inproper bearingsl X, and driven bymeans-of heit Y, from pulley'Z,"on theaxlef; a 'l A"s an oscillating slide' secured under the bottom -of theboxO, in such'a1 manner 'that itoan readily'be vvadjusted by meansnf thelever B", and is'providcd with a series of openingaeorresponding withthe openings A in the bottom of the box O.

Bymeans of .this slide, the amount of grain, or other material to besown, oan-veryeasily be determined- Having 4thus 'explained theconstruction ofuny device, which lis very simple, I deem it unnecessaryfurther explain its operation.-

"What I claim as myinrention, Mid desireto secure .by Letters Patent,

The construction of an apparatus combining thc wheelsA, axles B, frameO, hopperl D, linder E, spurs, F,shai`t H, pulleys I audJ, belts fga M:conductor N distributing-'box O, cylinder I?, conveyer 1t, gearedwheels' T and V, pinion U, 'shaft W, hearingsX, belt Y, pulley Z, slideA", and' lever B, when arranged and operating, substantiallyvas and' forthe purposes herein setforth and shown'.

JOHN J. namen'.

Witnesses s BnNJ. T. O. -0LARK,

ffJ. J. TANNER. f.

